History in Manuscript: Letters and Documents from a Distinguished Collection

History in Manuscript: Letters and Documents from a Distinguished Collection

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Antoine Joseph Santerre | Document signed, on the Fall of the Bastille, 26 July 1789

Lot Closed

April 13, 03:15 PM GMT

Estimate

700 - 900 GBP

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Antoine Joseph Santerre


Document signed


stating the names and addresses of the artillerymen who manned the cannons in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré on the day the Bastille was taken, 1 page, 4to, two red wax seals at foot, one Santerre's, the other bearing the legent 'Vive la Liberte', Paris, 26 July 1789


PROVENANCE:

Sotheby's, London, 26 April 1990, lot 366